Please note that I did not live in theatre housing in Richmond. I worked the
show as a local job. In fact, I live much closer to the Empire Theatre than any of the
cast housing.

Male members of the company lived in the Fan District near the Boulevard. This
is several miles from the Theatre, so they had to cooperate in the use of a Theatre IV van
to get back and forth. This was not the greatest neighborhood, and at least one gentleman
had to borrow an air conditioner to make the Richmond summer bearable. Even so, they were
near to grocery stores, night spots, etc.

Female cast members lived in Bon Air just off of the Hugenot Bridge. My
understanding is that they also had the shared use of a single van. The house seemed nice,
and was air conditioned--although the ladies minimized their use of it in order to protect
their singing voices. I only saw the place once, when Katura Walker cooked a late supper
for the entire company.